The Caxtons: A Family Picture / By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M. P.

G. Routledge & Company, 1854. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L066368
ISBN: B003UJEYQY

Slight wear to extremities (chiefly to spine edges and head of spine); slight rubbing and browning to covers (leather over boards; chiefly at edges); previous owner's bookplate on front attached endpaper; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to preliminaries and edges). iv, 347 pages + plate. Title on spine: Bulwer's Caxtons. 'New Edition' (title page) of the novel, originally issued as a 3-decker in 1849; with the author's original preface (dated October, 1849). Bound in 3/4 tan polished calf over dark red/dark blue marbled boards, gilt decorated spine with gilt-stamped dark red morocco spine label, matching marbled edges and endpapers. Still a nice, tight copy internally of a mid-19th century issue in a fine binding; with the armorial bookplate of William Frederick Webb on front attached endpaper.1 Engraved Illustration / Plate (frontispiece).

Price: $45.00

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